IBM announced the release of version 7 of its DB2 Universal Database. In conjunction with the product announcement, the company has also released plans to hire 500 more data management software ...

In this latest edition, DB2 UDB 7.2, Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM focused on integrating the database with the overall e-business infrastructure, according to Jeff Jones, senior program manager of IBM ...

IBM (www.ibm.com) says that DB2 Universal Database version 7 will make it easier for companies to conduct business on the Web, gain more knowledge about their customers, lessen deployment time, and ...

Less than one week after rival Oracle Corp. put the finishing touches on its pending 9i database and set a shipping date, IBM Corp. on Tuesday detailed a forthcoming version of DB2 UDB (Universal ...

Detroit-based Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) Monday was to announce that its mainframe application and development software will support DB2 Version 10.

Version 8 of IBM DB2 became generally available on Thursday. The version sports a new pricing structure and enhanced management features that make the database more attractive for smaller ...

On the distributed database side, BMC will announce SQL-BackTrack for DB2 UDB Version 2.0, which adds new back-up and recovery capabilities, and SQL-Explorer for DB2 UDB Version 6.0.02.

The console is BMC’s SmartDBA interface. SQL-BackTrack for DB2 UDB, version 3.0, one of the two releases announced this week, marks the first time that the product will be integrated with SmartDBA.

Code-named "Cobra" the new version of DB2 reduces the amount of space needed to store data, helping clients save up to 75% on related energy costs, claims the company.

Like other software products, frequent fixes are applied to DB2 in the form of a FixPak. There may eventually be as many as 15 or more FixPaks within a given version of DB2, each containing ...